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Laima Liucija Andrikienė, a signatory of the March 11 Law, who left the Seimas in 2000 and returned here, has a long experience in the Lithuanian Seimas, having worked here for 3 periods. For 13 years he represented Lithuania in the European Parliament.
LL Andrikienė entered the new parliament according to the list of the Union of the Homeland-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) party.
“I am very happy to continue with my work, of course I would like to work in the areas in which I have worked both in the Seimas and in the European Parliament. It is about foreign affairs, EU affairs, I would like international trade, but unfortunately there is no such committee in the Lithuanian Seimas. Everything related to economic diplomacy, economic relations with other countries and economic strengthening are close to me, ”LL Andrikienė told Eltai.
Another former member of the Seimas, the conservative Justinas Urbanavičius, who won the elections in the Garliava constituency, returns to the new Seimas.
J. Urbanavičius – Member of the Seimas for the period 2008-2012. He is the former president of the Seimas Environmental Protection Committee.
Viktoras Fiodorovas, who was already a member of the Seimas in 2012-2016, Vytautas Gapšys, who worked in the Seimas from 2008 to 2016, returns to the Seimas and is elected according to the list of the Labor Party. and Aidas Gedvilas. By the way, A. Gedvilas only about two months, since 2004. mid-November to 2005 In mid-January, he held the mandate of a member of the Seimas, since he resigned as Vice Minister of Communications.
Jonas Pinskus, a former “employee” who has already tasted the bread of a parliamentarian for almost two terms, was elected a member of the new Seimas in the single-member Molėtai-Širvintos constituency. His candidacy was nominated by the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party.
Zigmantas Balčytis, a former MEP nominated by the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party, won the parliamentary term in the single-member constituency of Šilutė.
This politician, who has worked in the European Parliament for 10 years, is also not a newcomer to the Lithuanian Seimas. He has been a member of the Seimas from 2000 to 2009.
“I have seen it all, I have gained a lot of experience, so I believe that my experience and knowledge will be useful during this difficult period. I would like to work in the Economic Committee of the Seimas “, Z. Balčytis told Eltai.
According to the politician, at the beginning of the term he intends to work in a mixed group of Seimas members, and then he hopes that a separate faction of individual parliamentarians will form.
“As a result, I will not join any faction yet. Also, the ‘social workers’ decided not to criticize the new government for 100 days and let it work,” said the politician.
By the way, most of the parties that have joined the new Seimas have returning MPs.
Social Democrat Orinta Leiputė, who has 10 years of parliamentary experience, will be back in the Seimas after a four-year hiatus. He came here on the list of Social Democrats.
After a four-year hiatus, the experienced MP Armin Lydeka was re-elected to the new Seimas on the list of the Liberal Movement.
“The nation has decided that I have to continue working, there is a difficult situation in the country at the moment, we have returned to work. I was not impressed by the former ruling majority and the changes that have occurred in the last four years, those prohibitions, restrictions, ‘incarcerations’. A renewal is necessary, more attention must be paid to political culture, for the Seimas to elevate its authority as a national parliament, for the people elected by the nation and for that dignity to revive in the eyes of the citizens, ”said A. Lydeka to Eltai.
The politician recalled that he had worked in the Commissions for Human Rights, Foreign Affairs and European Affairs, so he believed that the experience gained would allow him to continue his work.
Laima Mogenienė, a former parliamentarian for the period 2004-2008, will hold the presidency of the Seimas for the second time according to the list of the Union of Greens and Peasants of Lithuania.
The former parliamentarian, former mayor of Biržai, businessman Valdemaras Valkiūnas, who returned to the Seimas after an eight-year hiatus, is considering the possibility of forming a faction in the new Seimas, in which other individual politicians would have joined the Seimas in an independent way.
“If everyone is united, there is an opportunity to establish a faction in which other individual politicians work,” Valkiūnas told Eltai.
He regrets that Lithuania went in the wrong direction during the elections because, according to him, there should have been more patriotic, national and pro-national forces here, and “everything was the other way around”.
The MP-elect also predicts that the coalition of the Conservatives, the Liberal Movement and the Freedom Party will last no longer than fall 2021.
V. Valkiūnas says that he would like to serve on one of the three committees of the Seimas: Economy, Budget and Finance or Law and Order.
V. Valkiūnas, who has risen to his candidacy, was elected to the new Seimas in the western single-member constituency of Sėla.
141 members of the Seimas will work in the Seimas, as provided by the Constitution.
81 Member of the Seimas, who worked in 2016-2020. in the mandate, reelected for the mandate of the Seimas 2020-2024. Three of these politicians elected to the new parliament will occupy the eighth term and five politicians from the Seimas will occupy the seventh term.
Another 11 deputies return here after the break.
103 (73.05%) men and 38 women (26.95%) obtained the seats of a member of the Seimas.
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